Rain-water cut-off



4 SEVERDINGQ RAIN WATER GUT-OBP. No. 351,940. PatentedNov. 2, 1886.

UNITED STA'TS "Pimm OFFICE.

JOHN s EvERDING, or RICHMOND, INDIANA.

RAIN-WATER cur-otr.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,940, dated November 2, 1886.

Application filed March 29, 1886. Serial No. 196,858. (No model.)

. ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, JOHN SEVERDING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rich` mond, in the county of Wayne, State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bain-,Water Gut-Offs, of

.which the following is va specification, reference being had therein to the. accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to g that class' of rainwater cut-offs intended to change the discharge at pleasure. v

M y invention consists of the devices hereinafterdescribed ahd claimed.

In the drawings, Figure lis a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section showing the cut-off valve. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section. Fig. 4 is a perspective of the bracket forming the ear of the hinge. Fig. 5 is a perspective Vof the curved shaft by which the cut-off valve is operated. Fig. 6-is an outline plan of the sheet forming one half of the body of the cut-off. Fig. 7 is an outline plan of the sheet forming the cut-oli valve.

In Fig. 1, A represents. a tubular body vformed of two pieces of sheet Inetal joined together in` the'` center, having an inlet-open ing, B, and independent outletopeningsC C, of equal sizes.

B is the hand-lever, forming part of a curved shaft, B", hinged to the sides of the body A, centrally at n, and which is allowed a swinging vmotion to the extent of a half-circle, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The curved shaft Bl extends in a semicircular form across the space inside the body A, as seen at Fig. 3, the pivots upon which it turns being in a horizontal plane and secured to the sides of the body, having holes e e, through'which the pivots forming the axis are inserted. The'axis is composed of an ear, D, Fig. 4t, having projecting flanges d, d, leaving a depression between them, into which the bar of the curved arm or shaft B is fitted, the pivot n passing through the hole e of the shaft and the hole n of the ear D. and through the side of the body A and through the cutoff-valve a, where the pivot -nterminates in a head or Iiange, which holds the ycut-off valve a in position, and at the same time allows is to tilt independently within the limits of the curved shaft B", there being a space, a', between them, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3. The ear D, which embraces the bar of the curved shaft B", turns with the shaft, and the projections d d have their bearings upon an annular boss, h, which pro jects outward slightly from the surface of the body A.

The cut-off valve is formed of an oval sheet of metal; as in Fig. 7, having the sides bent up in circular form in cross-section, and of proper size to conform to the radius of theinside of the inlet and outlet openings of the body A. way from the inlet-opening, so as to form, in conjunction with the inlet-opening, a continuous tube with either of the outlet-openings, as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The cut-off It is adapted to be turned either valve is turned or tilted in either direction to accomplish this result by the action of thecurved shaft B, operated by the handlever portion of the same as it comes in contact with the under side of the valve, on either side of the center thereof', and raising that end of the valve into the position desired.

When the hand-leverB is in a vertical position and the cut-off valve is in a horizontal fout-off is secured to a wire or other axis at a xed point, and obviates any danger of ,tearing the axis loose from the valve when frozen or otherwise obstructed.

I am aware that a rainwater cut-off has been made having a body made up of a main 'supply-pipe and elbows connected thereto, in

which a cutoff valve is operated by and secured to a wire pivoted to the pipes. This I do not claim; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

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A ruin Water cui; off composed of the In testimony whereof I affix my signature in body A, constructed as described, the cnt-off presence 0f two witnesses. valve a, curved shaft B, having handle-level1 4 T4 'T B', axis-pin n', ear D, and boss h, all com JOHN SEX ERDDG' 5 bined and operating substantially in the man- Witnesses:

ner and for the purpose herein seb forth and W. T. DENNIS, described. C. S. DU HADWAY. 

